Our client is a pharmaceutical manufacturing company.

Purpose of Role

Performs tasks like Costing; Pricing of Goods or Services; Supports the Inventory Process; Landed Cost, Labour, Raw Material and BOM Costing. Prepares, verifies or certifies Cost Accounting; Fixed Asset Accounting & prepares Budget Control Report.

Responsibilities

 Checking & approval of Stock Ledger Adjustment Journals
 Developing cost Standards for Raw Materials
 Monthly Review of products raw material usage variances & reports
 Reconciling beginning raw material, work in progress and finished
goods stock
 Analyzing production cost and recommending changes
 Leda stock reconciliations, coordination of routine Physical Stock takes
and Inventory cycle count
 Analysis of monthly products unit activities/performance and reports
 Presents monthly product profitability analysis reports
 Analysis of customers monthly performance reports
 Collects cost information, plan and record variable costs (e.g. purchases
of raw material and operations costs)
 Monthly review of all the products costing (due to fluctuating costs of
materials) before the preparation of monthly management accounts
 Assists with the review and checking of all daily posting for accuracy –
particularly Inventory
 Preparation and posting of monthly Prepayments, accrual journals and
other necessary journals to ensure completeness of final accounts.
 Monthly Budget into the system (SAGE)
 Preparation of monthly comprehensive Budgetary Control Income
Statement
 Preparation of monthly cash flow statement
 Assists in budget input data analysis and final preparation of annual
income statement, budget
 Developing Depreciation schedules

 Candidate must have at least 3 years of cognate experience in this
specific task area of Accountancy (i.e. Cost & Management Account) in manufacturing sector generally and Pharmaceutical industry particularly.

 Minimum of Bachelor’s Degree or HND in Accounting from a reputable
institution. Post Graduate degree will be an added advantage.
 Professional Certification: ACCA, ICAN

 Strong Communication, interpersonal, analytical and IT skills.
 Thorough knowledge of accounting procedure.
 In-depth understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
(GAAP).
 Experience with accounting software, like SAGE.
 Computer literacy, MS Excel in particular (familiarity with VLLOUPS and
pivot tables) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems.
 Excellent analytical skills with attention to details.
 Strong time management skills.
 Able to analyze detail and summarize findings for higher Authorities.
 Integrity, with an ability to handle confidential information.

Our ideal candidate should be between 30 – 45 years.